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1. "Anyone could do that" : Nordic perspectives on competence in tourism
Sammanfattning : In academic reasoning, as well as policy rhethoric, much attention has been drawn to the low thresholds to employment and entrepreneurship in tourism. The purpose of this thesis is to go beyond the simplified images and examine the educational characteristics of the tourism workforce in a way that includes both a geographical and work task related aspect. LÄS MER
2. Platser för rovdjursturism? : Vargar, människor och utveckling i Norra Värmland
Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the attitudes towards large carnivores as a resource for tourism in northern Värmland. The purpose is to study the carnivore issue and the problems of carnivore tourism from a geographical perspective in order to illustrate the differences and connections between different approaches to a controversial and a potential rural resource. LÄS MER
3. Access to Nature through Tourism : A Study of Four Perspectives on Inclusive Nature-based Tourism
Sammanfattning : Nature experiences and participation in nature-based activities are increasingly recognised as beneficial to public and individual health, yet in most societies, the ability for people to take advantage of opportunities to acquire these benefits is unequal. Social constructs such as gender and disability, as well as levels of income and education, influence to what extent individuals can engage with nature, and there is growing concern over the increased disconnectedness from nature in urbanised societies. LÄS MER
4. Landskapet som lärobok : Regionalitet och medborgarfostran i Jämtland kring sekelskiftet 1900
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between regionality and societal integration at the turn of the 20th century from an historical and pedagogical perspective. The national identity project of the time that made national unity its overarching goal and that imagined the nation as a homogenous entity, also institutionalised regional distinctiveness. LÄS MER
5. Konstruktionen av gymnasieskolans turismämne
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present dissertation is to problematize the choice of content in the subject Tourism in Swedish upper secondary school, and it thereby aims to contribute to a discussion of the subject content and its implications. The dissertation is informed by an international tradition of tourism education research, as well as by research pursued within a Swedish curriculum theory tradition. LÄS MER
